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Vaccine Antigen

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A vaccine component consisting of a protein, small peptide, or polysaccharide, natural or synthetic, that once administered is bound by antibody, thereby inducing mechanisms of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). In cancer immunotherapy, a cancer vaccine containing specific tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) may be used to boost an immune response against a tumor expressing those TAAs. (NCI04) [ ]

Term info

Label

Vaccine Antigen

Synonyms
  • Vaccine Antigen
Legacy Concept Name

Vaccine_Antigen

Preferred Name

Vaccine Antigen

Semantic Type

Chemical Viewed Functionally

UMLS CUI

C1519887

code

C2835

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